Watching the Clouds Go By

Do you remember when we were little children and how we would spin in a circle, with our eyes closed, until we got dizzy? Then we would lie down on the soft green grass and look at the sky and watch the clouds go by. There would so many playful shapes up there , dancing against a canopy of blue, such as puppy dogs with fluffy tails and ears or fairy tale animals that galloped along.


Sometimes, I think that we adults get ourselves into a dither trying to accomplish as much as we can in a short period of time. But I ask myself, why do we do that? I certainly have been guilty of it in my younger days when I worked from sunrise to past sunset, as if everything depended only on me. I often thought it really did. The lessons we learn in life come at a price we each must pay, but that is the only way to truly learn. We are never too old to learn something new and it is usually by trial and error


I try to take precious moments each day now to just sit quietly and watch nature around me. The little finches have been coming to my feeder daily to enjoy the thistle seed, which is always waiting for them. Their inner instinct guides them to food, shelter and migration in a perfect pattern. In our back garden there were some beautiful sunflowers last year that formed a mini forest of tall and stately yellow faces reaching toward the sun light. The simple wonders of nature are everywhere to remind us that we are a part of a greater creation where everything is planned to work in harmony.







I look out of my bedroom window and see the softly falling rain as it settles on each leaf of the large Japanese Lilac tree beyond my window. The air is sweet and fresh with the clean smell that only rain can bring.


Many a morning, I notice the soft shades of rose colors that bathe the fluffy clouds that are lit by the sunrise. The heavens above are an ever changing canopy where we can be like children and lose ourselves and let our imagination allow us to drift along among the clouds. Whether it is in the world of nature or in watching the clouds go by, we can find serenity and inner peace which nurture our spirits and create a oneness with ourselves and the universe.



I wish peace and serenity for each person who dances on this earth for the little while we are here.